I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
ABDULLAH IIEach country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what’s going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.
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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.
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Is Israel going to continue to be ‘Fortress Israel’? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
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Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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Ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope.
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it’s two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it’s a good thing.
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In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes – a virtuous cycle of change.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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Our response has been, “Well, let’s then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.” That hasn’t happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.
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